Emma McEwin
Emma, pictured, is the great-granddaughter of Sir Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic explorer.
Emma McEwin speaks on Nancy Atkinson: pioneer bacteriologist from 1939 at the University of Adelaide and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to our winter lunchtime Barr Smith Discovery series.
Emma McEwin, winner of the 2016 Bill Cowan Barr Smith Library Fellowship, will be our special guest at the final lunchtime Discovery event for the year.
Emma has been a student at the University of Adelaide for a number of years, having obtained a BA and Honours degree in English literature and in 2015 obtained her PhD in Creative Writing.
Emma will speak about Nancy Atkinson who was a pioneer bacteriologist in antibiotics and salmonellas from 1939 at the University of Adelaide and the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science. Interestingly, Emma’s grandmother, Jessica McEwin (nee Mawson), was working at the University of Adelaide as a bacteriologist at the same time as Nancy Atkinson.
Writing about Nancy continues Emma’s theme of promoting lives which might otherwise go unrecognised. Situating Nancy Atkinson in the context of women scientists of the 20th Century and more particularly in the context of South Australian women scientists will help to highlight the significance of her achievements and contributions to scientific research. Emma will be making use of Nancy’s papers that are held in Special Collections.
WHEN: Thursday 16 August 2018, 1.00 - 2.00pm
WHERE: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide
ENTRY: $5 at the door or FREE for current students
RSVP: by 14 August to friends_library@adelaide.edu.au or phone 8313 6356